Sudden increase in data usage

Sudden increase in data usage

Over the past 3 days my 3GB of data has been used up. It appears as if bursts of data are being used all at once. One was for amost a full GB. The people I've talked to in two different ATT stores appear to be at a loss for what's happening. Last person I talked with just turned off my internet access and said to open it back up on November 20th when my plan starts over again. Does any one have the right solution??

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Same case here. I called the customer service and they had no clue.. I just monitoring the data by switching off the data for couple of days to see if there any change in the usage. I have been using the data plan for the past 2 years and havent seen such an increase.. I believe something is not right with the system with AT&T as they are trying to throttle everybody.

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I can confirm the same pattern. I've had to change my data plans from 300mb to 3g after more than 3 years of consistant usage. Something is clearly wrong with AT&Ts billing system. I have a iPhone 4s, 5 and a android. ALL phones are showing the same increase in data usage so it is not limited to Apple IOS or Android. I spoke to a customer service rep and they are telling people it's the phone not the network.

It's not possible that my data rate suddenly doubled in one month after more than 2 years of consistent usage.

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I am having the same problem as well! Latest was today at 1pm when I was at the Hobbit and had my phone off for the movie. Used up almost 500MB while my phone was off. Now I am almost out of data despite having increased my plan and rarely, in the past, even approaching my limit.

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Having the same problems since November. Spent hours trying to resolve with different salespeople in store and on the phone. Even called Samsung and they had me turn off data packet also. Glad to know I'm not alone with this, but wow is it frustrating. I've even eliminated programs, but that doesn't help.

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I also turned off data packet thing, all gps tracking etc.

I looked at my usage from september 2011 when I got the phone to the present time. NOT once did I ever use a full GB in over a year. Then, all of the sudden, there are downloads of 500mb at a time! I see a pattern too...they told me dates and times of these large data usages and every time I was driving to my son's dr appt. Yesterday, I drove in same area to go to a game and boom, this morning I got a notice that I am now over my 3gb allotment. so what they told me to do last week (turn off packet data, turn off gps stuff) didn't help.

I don't do anything with my phone except make calls, check something on line occassionally, navigation once an awhile. No music streaming, no videos nothing! I'm so upset.

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just got off the phone with att. they have no solutions other than to reset my phone. Yesterday when a big chunk of data was used, I was at home scrubbing my bathroom. totally doesnt make sense. the wi fi is on at home. all they can suggest is that maybe I don't realize what I'm doing (LOL maybe the bleach fumes took over my senses and I used my phone for something).

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Same problem here. I thought it was because I got a new phone, an HTX One X, which has LTE, on 3-Dec. For 3 years before December, I had used less than 60MByte/mo., and then in December I used 190MBytes so had to turn off mobile data. I thought the usage was due to a poorly designed app and Web site that I had hit, but this topic suggests it's something different. The data usage reported by my phone and by AT&T matched. It's as if now there's additional or overhead usage compared to what the app or browser uses.

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I am having the same problem. I am using over 100,000 Kb when first am turning on my Internet.Does any anyone have an iPad? I am wondering if iCloud and I tunes has anything to do with usage. I have just turned my off today and am hoping this takes care of issue? If this doesn't take care of it I am contacting the betterbusiness bureau. There is no way I can all of the sudden be using over 5 gb a month for the last 2 months. I have had to restrict my use to not go over my limit. No one at AT&T can help.

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justwondering897 wrote:

Same problem here. I thought it was because I got a new phone, an HTX One X, which has LTE, on 3-Dec. For 3 years before December, I had used less than 60MByte/mo., and then in December I used 190MBytes so had to turn off mobile data. I thought the usage was due to a poorly designed app and Web site that I had hit, but this topic suggests it's something different. The data usage reported by my phone and by AT&T matched. It's as if now there's additional or overhead usage compared to what the app or browser uses.

That is a very small amount of monthly data compared to the 2-3 GB/month increase that other people on this thread are complaining about.

Smartphones use data in many more ways than just the browser and the apps you installed. Gmail and other emails accounts use data. And if you are getting email pushed frequently (from work email account, etc.) this can be a big contributor to data usage. Aside from that, the phone will sync in the background for Weather, Stocks, News, and other built-in services that you may not have accounted for. Smartphones in general use a good amount of data in the background by design, for services that the manufacturer will think users will find useful. 190 Mb a month is not out of line with the typical background usage (combined with some browser use).

But everyone's preferences are different, and you may choose to shut them off some of the built-in services. Try going to Settings>Accounts & sync, and disable or adjust the settings for the services in accordance to your needs/preferences, and this may help your data usage.